Prison Tour

So tonight I got to go on a tour of the Utah State Prison. I have had the opportunity to do this once before so it was fun to be able to go back and experience it for a second time. On the tour they take you on a tour of a few of the units of the prison. We got to go to the spot where the prisoners who work and have earned special privledges stay. They have one man cells and get to have a tv or a radio or some form of entertainment like that. These cells are coveted spots because they are the one man cells so they are usually on thier best behavoir and there is little to no fighting done in this area (mind you the cells are still the same size as anywhere else about 10x10 they just don't have to share.) We then went over to the maximum security and went to the building where those who are on death row are staying and then those who fight to much, who spit, cause problems and don't listen (they have no privledges and are in small spaces it is SUPER secure there! When they are out for any reason they have a ratio of 5 to 1 so five cops per immate can we say intimidating!) We got to go into the execution room what a feeling when you enter that room, it's got the table (lethal injections) and the chair (firing squad) Utah has passed a law where we are not able to use the firing squad any more because it is "inhumane" so those that are on death row that have already chosen that one still have that avaiable to them but no one else can. We then went to an area where we saw photos of tattoos that inmates have drawn and alot of the body work that they have done and then they showed us some weapons and tattoo guns that they found in some cells. Stuff like this seriously fascinates me and I was so glad that I got the opportunity again to go see the things that I was able to see and to hear the things I was able to hear. Simply AMAZING!